“Time” to fall back again. We’ll lose more of our afternoon daylight starting Sunday, November 3rd.
A recent newsletter from Rep. Gomberg (D, HD10) posted this about daylight savings time, which we thought was very interesting and wanted to pass it on to you…
Congress decides if we can have that extra hour of sleep. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 mandates the country use daylight saving time, but allows states to opt out and exempt themselves from the practice to stay on standard time year-round. It does not allow states to permanently establish daylight saving time.
In the last five years, 19 states have passed legislation or resolutions supporting year-round daylight saving time, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Here is where each state stands in the effort to move to daylight saving time all year long.
Last year, two efforts failed in Oregon aimed at ending time changes. HB 3102 sought to eliminate daylight saving time and require the state to rely on standard time for the entire year. SB 1090 sought to abolish one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and keep the state in standard time for all 12 months of the year, except in a portion of Oregon that adheres to Mountain Time Zone.
Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers once again introduced a bill that would have kept the state on permanent standard time, if Washington and California agreed to do the same. While the Oregon Senate narrowly approved Senate Bill 1548 on a 16-14 vote five days before the end of “short” session, that made it almost impossible for the House to act before adjournment.
I’m sure the effort will be back when we convene in 2025.